The Department of Economic History is home to a huge breadth and depth of knowledge and expertise ranging from the medieval period to the current century and covering every major world economy. It is one of the largest specialist departments in the country, with 25 full- and part-time time teachers, as well as visiting academics and researchers.

Economic Outcomes Flowing from the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1793-1815)

Thanks to generous funding from the Leverhulme Trust and support from LSE a network of European economic historians led by Patrick O'Brien has been formed to research and expose contrasts in the economic outcomes and potential for long term development for several major European economies flowing from the Napoleonic wars.

The Economic History department will be offering taster sessions to Year 12 sixth form students on Friday July 3rd as part of the University Taster Course Programme. Dr Pete Cirenza will be presenting a session on Britain and the European Union and Dr Neil Cummins will present Economic HIstory: Facts and Mysteries drawing on his research into geneological data and economic behaviour. The session will finish with a Q and A with a panel including current student ambassadors.

Six other departments are also participating in this event, which aims to give sixth formers a taste of life and study at university with a full day programme of talks and tours. Find out more about this event here.

Economic History PhDs awarded in June 2015

Congratulations to PhD student Pei Gao who passed her viva with minor conrrections for her thesis 'The rise of modern education in China through the early 20th century' (supervisors Dr Chris Minns and Dr Debin Ma). Xun Yan also passed her viva (with minor correctons) for her thesis on China's monetory history (supervisors Dr Debin Ma, Professor Albrecht Ritschl.)

PhD student Yasin Arslantas has been awarded the Accessit Best Project at the 14th session of the European School on New Institutional Economics. The award was for his PhD project entitled "Political Economy of Confiscation: A Micro-structural Analysis of Ottoman Practice of Wealth Seizure, 1770-1839". It looks at self-enforcing mechanisms leading to constrained predation.

Yasin says of his project and the award: "When I decided to study this "peculiar" Ottoman institution two years ago, I did not know much about its broader implications in the field of economic history. In my first year in the department, I was introduced to New Institutional Economic History that produced a significant body of literature on credible commitment and property rights abuses. It is now good to see that my interaction with this literature yielded to an award in one of the most important events of New Institutional Economics."

New first year EH core course begins in 2015-16 academic year.

The Preindustrial Economy of Europe, taught by Professor Oliver Volckart, is a new compulsory course for first year BSc Economic history students. The course surveys long-term processes of growth and development in late medieval and early modern Europe (fourteenth to eighteenth centuries). It focuses on the transition from a hierarchical society of estates or corporate orders to a market society based on legal equality. Read more about EH102 here.

Economic History students win at LSE Research Festival

Congratulations to PhD student Joseph Lane and undergraduate Orian Mahlow who were both awarded prizes in the poster categoryat the LSE Research Festival, 21 May.

Joseph Lane won highly commended for his poster ‘Networks and knowledge: a potted history’ (detail shown on the left)

Orian Mahlow was awarded the ‘best in show’ prize in the poster category out of 28 entrants. The poster was titled ‘Foreign labour in West Germany: skill premiums in the German auto industry – convergence big time?’

Gerardo Serra and Pete Sims were awarded their doctorates in May 2015. Congratulations to them and also to Ulas Karakoc, Steve Ivings, Teerapa Pirohakul, Anna Missiaia, and Paul Caruana Galizia, who have been awarded their doctorates this year.

This definitive new account of Britain's economic evolution from medieval backwater to global economy, based on a reconstruction of national output right back into the thirteenth century.

To mark the launch on 15 May 2015, CAGE and University of Exeter organised a seminar at the British Academy with speakers including Mark Overton, Gunnar Persson and Knick Harley and chaired by Professors Jane Humphries and Nick Crafts.

At this year's ceremony on May 5 awards for Economic History went to Dr Olivier Accominotti (Major Review with Promotion to Associate Professor) and Dr Patrick Wallis (Promotion to Professor). Flora Macher and Brian Varian received Class Teacher Awards. Congratulations to all our winners!

Economic History of the Interwar Period

May 8-9, NAB 2.06, LSE

The keynote speakers at this event were Professor Barry Eichengreen (UC Berkeley) and Prof Albrecht Ritschl (LSE) . This event was organised by Economic History PhD students with the support of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

The results of the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) were announced on Wednesday 18 December. Taking into account the proportion of its eligible staff submitted for assessment, LSE History (Economic History and International History) was ranked sixth out of 83 submissions to the REF History panel for the percentage of its research outputs rated 'world leading '(4*) or 'internationally excellent' (3*) and ninth for its submission as a whole. On the basis of the combination of quality of publications and number of staff submitted, a measure of research power, LSE History ranks 4th in the UK

For a comprehensive guide to our four Master's programmes, including course information and how to apply, click on the link below.

The Preindustrial Economy of Europe, taught by Professor Oliver Volckart, is a new compulsory course for first year BSc Economic history students. The course surveys long-term processes of growth and development in late medieval and early modern Europe (fourteenth to eighteenth centuries). It focuses on the transition from a hierarchical society of estates or corporate orders to a market society based on legal equality. Read more about EH102 here.

Undergraduates and postgraduates tell us about their experience of studying Economic History.

A definitive new account of Britain's economic evolution from medieval backwater to global economy. The authors reconstruct Britain's national accounts for the first time right back into the thirteenth century showing what really happened quantitatively from the middle ages up until the Industrial Revolution.

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